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Foreign linked Seretarian target killer gang involved in killing of 60 sunni ulema arrested Karachi
The police have issued sketches and pictures of terrorists involved in sectarian killings in the city
The police have issued sketches and pictures of terrorists involved in sectarian killings in the city
According to CID in-charge, Raja Umar Khitab, two criminals accused of being involved in over 60 sectarian killings in the city had been arrested.
One target killer has been arrested from Gulistan-e-Johar, he said.
One motorcycle, a Kalashnikov, three pistols, two cars and a CD with the list of their would-be targets were also found from their possession, claimed the officials. The arrests were made after an encounter when a police team conducted a raid in Abbas Town.
Leader and gang and members names:
Head ring leader was named as Wasim Hussain Jafri
The 11 members include ringleader
Syed Wasim Ahsan Naqvi aka Shahid aka Kashif
Nisar Hussain aka Rehmat
Abbas aka Gora
Gul aka Abdullah
Sajid, Kashif aka Arif
Imran aka Mota aka Kalo
Adnan aka Manjan
Muhammad Ali Rizvi aka Doctor
and two unidentified men.
The gang reportedly has 17 members in total.
Officials were able to gather the details with information from two of its members – Jauhar Hussain aka Jafer aka Rehman and Irshad Hussain aka Amir aka Hussain. Their arrests were disclosed during the press conference held by in-charge of the CID’s Counter Terrorism and Financial Crime Unit (CTFCU).
Foreign training and money:
Raja Umar Khitab revealed that the target killers used to travel to a neighboring country for training purpose, via Dubai.
“A neighbouring country is providing funds and militancy training to this group.”
The arrested suspects reportedly revealed that their ring leader paid each of them Rs25,000 per month to target people and even provided them with a residential flat and motorcycles.
Sectarian target killing and target killing for money activities:
Besides individual acts of targeted killings, the arrested persons also revealed to have targeted the central leader of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat, Maulana Aurangzaib Farooqui in Gulshan-e-Iqbal in December 2012 in which the leader was injured while six of his guards, including four policemen, were killed.
Arrest and release from jail:
“Few of their members were also arrested in the past but were later released from the jails,” said the official, adding that the police was looking for the mastermind and more group members.
SOURCE(S):
Accused involved in sectarian killings arrested in Karachi - thenews.com.pk
Police release sketches of target killers | Pakistan Today
Karachi: Police release sketches of suspected target killers | SAMAA TV
Trained assassins: CID releases names, sketches of 11 hit squad members – The Express Tribune
Sectarian Target Killers Arrested In Karachi - JAAG TV
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